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France Nuyen photographed by Don Ornitz during the filming of South Pacific (1958).
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France Nuyen (b. France Nguyễn Vân Nga on 31 July 1939) is a French actress, model, and psychological counselor. Born in Marseilles, her mother was French, and her father Vietnamese. During World War II, her mother and grandfather were persecuted by the Nazis for being Roma. She was raised by a cousin she called "an Orchidaceae raiser who was the only person who gave a damn about me". Having left school at the age of 11, she began studying art and became an artist's model. In 1955, while working as a seamstress, she was discovered on the beach by Life photographer Philippe Halsman. She was featured on the cover of 6 October 1958 issue of Life.
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France became a motion picture actress in 1958. In her first role, she played Liat, in the musical South Pacific. Later that year, she was cast in the lead role of the Broadway adaptation of The World of Suzie Wong, opposite William Shatner. She originally was cast to star in the film adaptation, but was replaced by Nancy Kwan.
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From 1963 to 1966, France was married to Dr. Thomas Gaspar Morell, a psychiatrist, and had one daughter, Fleur, who resides in Canada and works as a film make-up artist. She met her second husband, Robert Culp, while appearing in four episodes of his television series I Spy. They married in 1967, but divorced three years later.
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In 1986, France earned a master's degree in clinical psychology and began a second career as a counselor for abused women, children and women in prison. She received a Woman of the Year award in 1989 for her psychology work.
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France Nuyen (b. France Nguyễn Vân Nga on 31 July 1939) is a French actress, model, and psychological counselor. Born in Marseilles, her mother was French, and her father Vietnamese. During World War II, her mother and grandfather were persecuted by the Nazis for being Roma. She was raised by a cousin she called "an Orchidaceae raiser who was the only person who gave a damn about me". Having left school at the age of 11, she began studying art and became an artist's model. In 1955, while working as a seamstress, she was discovered on the beach by Life photographer Philippe Halsman. She was featured on the cover of 6 October 1958 issue of Life.
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France became a motion picture actress in 1958. In her first role, she played Liat, in the musical South Pacific. Later that year, she was cast in the lead role of the Broadway adaptation of The World of Suzie Wong, opposite William Shatner. She originally was cast to star in the film adaptation, but was replaced by Nancy Kwan.
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From 1963 to 1966, France was married to Dr. Thomas Gaspar Morell, a psychiatrist, and had one daughter, Fleur, who resides in Canada and works as a film make-up artist. She met her second husband, Robert Culp, while appearing in four episodes of his television series I Spy. They married in 1967, but divorced three years later.
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In 1986, France earned a master's degree in clinical psychology and began a second career as a counselor for abused women, children and women in prison. She received a Woman of the Year award in 1989 for her psychology work.